Liverpool has “Iron Man” invincible, threatening to “capture” Benzema in the final of the C1 Cup

Karim Benzema will have an extremely difficult opponent in the Champions League final.

Liverpool are yet to lose a Premier League game in 2022 after finishing the season with a match against Wolves in the 38th round of the Premier League. They were unable to win the title due to Man City’s emotional comeback against Aston Villa, but Liverpool still had a memorable season with 2 domestic cup championships.

Liverpool won the FA Cup & League Cup

This long-distance pursuit shows the admirable strength of Liverpool despite Man City having a very strong force and showing persistence in the journey to defend the championship. They lost only 3 matches in the whole season, 2 matches were from 2021, while the other match occurred in the 1/8 round. Champions League but still did not knock Liverpool out (against Inter Milan).

In this season, Liverpool has had the best possible distribution of forces for all fronts to race to eat 4, and the fact that they won 2 domestic cups mixed with Champions League final There are great merits of even those who rarely play, from Takumi Minamino (the number one scorer for Liverpool in both the League Cup & FA Cup) to Divock Origi (the genius with many important goals). But most important is the brilliance of the rookies, with Luis Diaz attracting the most attention since arriving in January.

However, the player making the most significant impact must be Ibrahima Konate, a central defender bought from Leipzig in the summer of last year. This deal was closed before the end of the 2020/21 season and did not attract much interest in a transfer window where deals like Ronaldo, Grealish and Lukaku “take the air”, but it can be said that Konate has the effect of eating away the expensive stars above.

Konate is one of the “coolest” deals of coach Jurgen Klopp

Konate has made 28 appearances for Liverpool this season (25 starts), a total time of 2,397 minutes which is considerable for a player who started his first season at Anfield, of which he played 11 Premier League games, seven at Anfield. Champions League, 6 FA Cup games and 4 League Cup games. In total, Konate played 15 matches in the cup competition, including 10 direct knockout matches (2 finals).

Konate’s performance is astounding as he has yet to lose a match in every appearance, including 23 wins and 5 draws. Only 3 of those matches he came on from the bench (all in the League Cup), the rest played enough until the end of the game. He kept a clean sheet in 10 of them, conceding 23 goals in 25 starting matches. In fact, Konate has had a series of unbeaten matches in the national championship when he played since he was still with Leipzig, the series of matches began until January 2019.

With Liverpool having to play on many fronts, they had to change up to 9 positions after the FA Cup final to be a guest at St. Mary of Southampton, but Konate after kicking 120 minutes at Wembley was still kept beside goalkeeper Alisson. He continued to start in the last 2 rounds of the season to show his very good fitness.

Konate has yet to lose a match when playing for Liverpool

After the Premier League campaign ends, Liverpool will focus on the Champions League final and confront them with a powerful attack led by Karim Benzema. Can Konate and Van Dijk neutralize the No. 1 candidate for the 2022 Ballon d’Or? This will be the biggest challenge for the Frenchman since joining the club, but he is a boon that Jurgen Klopp is keen to bring into the biggest game of the season.